Road guard



June 18, 1940. c. c. AHLES I 2,204,553

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Patented June 18 1940 Carl 0. Ahles, Albany, N. Y.

Original application July '8, 1935, Serial No. 30,374. Divided and this application July 20, 1939,-

Serial No 285,632

2 Claims.

The present invention, which .is a division of my application, Serial No. 30,374, filed July 8, 1935, relates to road guards. For a complete understanding of the invention, reference is made 5 to the following description, the accompanying drawing and the appended. claims.

In the drawing: Figure 1 is a front elevation of a portion of a road guard embodying the present invention; .0 .and

Figure 2 is a section on line II- II of Figure 1. Referring more particularly to the drawing, a plurality of posts TM suitably anchored in the ground serve as the main support for the guard.

.5 The guard rail is in the form of a strip of woven in the form of a strip 19 of woven wire extends transversely past the post and is mounted by the straight portion ll of the piece l5. This mounting may be effected by means of hookbolts 80. l 6

I claim: l 1. A road guard including the combination of a post, a piece of flat spring metal formed into a series of successively reversed loops and with a straight portion bridging said loops, certain of 10 said loops being mounted by said post and said straight portion being parallel thereto and spaced therefrom by said loops, and a guard rail extending transversely past said post and mounted by said straight portion of said piece.

2. A road guard including the combination of a post, a piece of fiat spring metal formed into a series of successively reversed loops and with a straight portion bridging said loops, certain of said loops being mounted by said post and said straight portion being parallel thereto and spaced therefrom by said loops, and a strip of woven wire fabric extending past said post and attached to the straight portion of said piece.

CARL C. AHLES. 

